Romney would have been held accountable, even the media would have no problem pointing out problems with his administration, as opposed to kiss his feet like they do for Obama.
It isn’t his foot they are kissing.
Plus, while some of his opinions were not palatable to the Conservative base, at least he knew that something like Obama Care, while legal for a State, was not Constitutional for a Nation. He also gets dinged for opining that he thought homosexuals should be allowed in teh Boy Scouts, but folks ignore that he added that it was for the Boy Scouts to decide - not for the Federal government to insist on. On the other hand, we have an Obama who will use the full force of the Federal government, illegally, to force these issues upon the People. For such a bright set of folks on FR, many have developed tunnel vision and refuse to discern some very important differences in who we end up installing in office and it gave us Obama for a second term (the next two years will probably do at least as much damage as the first 6) and are opening the door for a Hillary if we don't get a palatable candidate. It's enough to make one wonder why they bother voting or carping about things at all.
BTW - thanks for not making past disagreements get in the way of further discussion on other topics - many take things far too personally when one disagrees with them and it does not help the overall goal of FR to push for a solution to the mess we are in.